2017 Award Winners

Innovation & Technology

Innovation

Continuous improvement in the quality of healthcare delivered requires ongoing, effective innovation. Such innovation is one of the most important functions of academic medicine and health. And academic centers have, increasingly, sought to foster this innovation with the establishment of programs that facilitate research and development and link it more effectively with deployment and the broader adoption of innovations of clinical services.

BFMC is already widely recognized for excellence in clinical programs, quality of care, patient satisfaction, and many other dimensions of highest-quality, patient-centered care.

Moreover, with the advent of health reform and government initiative, BFMC are being challenged to accelerate innovations that will shift care from acute to primary care settings, reduce hospital stays and readmissions, improve the management of chronic disease, coordinate care across the full spectrum of services and improve quality.

BFCM continues to improve the healthcare system with every element equivalent to a GP Super Clinic such as:

Being responsive to our local community needs and priorities, including the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and older Australians in Residential Aged Care Facilities and community based settings;